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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






2. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






3. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






4. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






5. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






6. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






7. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






8. The amount of light reflected by a hue






9. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






10. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






11. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






12. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






13. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






14. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






15. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






16. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






17. Technique of shading using dots to control value






18. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






19. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






20. Known for his glass sculpture






21. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






22. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






23. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






24. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






25. Creates blue dye






26. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






27. Application of potassium sulphide






28. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






29. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






30. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






31. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






32. Where the revolving door was fully developed






33. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






34. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






35. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






36. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






37. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






38. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






39. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






40. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






41. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






42. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






43. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






44. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






45. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






46. Something that supports a sculpture






47. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






48. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






49. Renowned for paintings and prints






50. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks